The VEL2 project was launched on 2nd July 2001. It is a follow-up of the VEL1 project in Mendrisio and aims at promoting energy-efficient vehicles in the whole territory of Canton Ticino. It is an extension of the VEL1 project as it takes into consideration all energy-efficient vehicles and the whole cantonal territory.
Light energy-efficient vehicles are: Road vehicles weighing less than 3.5 tons (driving licence type B), CO2 emissions below 120g/km, Euro4.
Activities
The e-bike, or the electric bike, is an ecological, innovative, convenient and likeable object. The Ente Turistico Lago Maggiore, together with the VEL2 project in Mendrisio (cantonal promoter of e-bikes), and the Fondazione Diamante-Atelier Cabla of Locarno (which offers work and housing to people with handicaps), rents electric bikes to anyone interested in cycling one of the routes suitable for this kind of vehicle. You can rent an E-Bike from the hotel, various rental points, the information desks of the Ente Turistico Lago Maggiore in Locarno, Ascona and Brissago and from all partners who have joined the project.